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MSU Assistant: Tom Izzo Tells Team of Talks With Cavs, No Decision Made

By FanHouse NewswireJun 9th 2010 – 6:58PM

(AP) -- Michigan State's Tom Izzo told his team he has talked to the Cleveland Cavaliers about their coaching vacancy, imploring them to concentrate on their classes and workouts to get better on and off the court. "That was the gist of the meeting yesterday," associate head coach Mark Montgomery told The Associated Press...

Ex-Sooner Tiny Gallon Talks About $3,000 His Mother Took

By Terrance HarrisMay 28th 2010 – 6:14PM

Former Oklahoma center Keith "Tiny" Gallon and his mother may have had a legitimate need for "borrowing" $3,000 from a Merrill Lynch financial adviser, according to an interview Gallon gave Thursday. Sylvia Wright, a single mother, had nowhere else to turn for money to get her son's transcripts released from Oak Hill...

Memphis Files Appeal of Stiff Sanctions

By Terrance HarrisOct 10th 2009 – 10:01PM

The punishment never seemed to fit the crime when the NCAA decided to erase Memphis' entire 2007-08 Final Four season because star point guard Derrick Rose allegedly committed academic fraud by not taking the SAT college admission test himself. Even with no solid proof Rose didn't take the exam and certainly no evidence...

Kelvin Sampson's Appeal Rejected by NCAA

By Chas RichJun 30th 2009 – 1:26PM

I have no proof that the people in the NCAA that evaluate appeals were laughing and giggling their way through Kelvin Sampson's appeal of his sanctions. I like to think they were. Most people had a good laugh when they found out Sampson was appealing. Not surprisingly, Sampson had his appeal officially rejected...

It Could Be Worse, USC, Ask a Hoosier

By Matt SnyderJun 16th 2009 – 9:30PM

In case you haven't been paying attention to the goings on of college basketball in the last few weeks, USC's 2009-10 basketball season has been already been summarily decimated. Tim Floyd resigned in the face of allegations against the program. In the wake, three incoming recruits have been granted their release from...

kelvin sampson News From the Web

  • 05/22/12 Cougars add Lopes to coaching staff Source: NW Cable News Lopes was an assistant under Kelvin Sampson at Washington State in 1993-94 and went with Sampson to Oklahoma.

Background on kelvin sampson

Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955) is an assistant coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association.

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